Also known as Wellington Caves
Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.6° S, 148.9° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° S, 148.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• post-Tertiary
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: L. Dawson. 1985. Marsupial fossils from Wellington Caves, New South Wales; the historic and scientific significance of the collections in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 37(2):55-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96015: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.05.2010, edited by Albert Garcia Selles and Nicholas Visalden
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
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"Onychogale sp." = Herpestes1
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Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial | |
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Aepyprymnus rufescens Gray 1837 rufous rat-kangaroo | |
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Trichosurus cf. vulpecula Kerr 1792 common brushtail possum | |
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Thylogale sp.1, Protemnodon sp.1, Protemnodon brehus, Macropus sp.1, Macropus cf. rankeni1, "Macropus altus" = Macropus (Osphranter) robustus altus1, "Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus, "Macropus titan" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus1, "Macropus ferragus" = Macropus (Macropus) ferragus1, Macropus cf. dorsalis1, "Macropus cf. agilis" = Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis1, "Petrogale sp." = Macropus (Petrogale)1
Protemnodon brehus Owen 1874 kangaroo
"Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo subspecies titan
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Troposodon minor Owen 1877 short-faced kangaroo | |
Perameles cf. nasuta Geoffroy 1804 long-nosed bandicoot | |
Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris 1808 thylacine | |
Phascogale calura1, Phascogale tapoatafa1, Antechinus cf. flavipes, Antechinus (cf. Antechincus) flavipes1, Sminthopsis sp.1, Sminthopsis crassicaudata1, Sminthopsis cf. murina, Sminthopsis murina1, Sarcophilus harrisii1, Dasyurus viverrinus1, Dasyurus geoffroii1, Dasyurus hallucatus1
Sminthopsis cf. murina Waterhouse 1837 Slender-tailed dunnart | |
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